“an increasing trend”

RESULTS Data analysis revealed an increasing trend in the total number of claims over the study period, with a sharp increase in the transition between 1422H and 1423H (2001–2002).

3 Suicide, one of the major causes of disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) in Iran, showed an increasing trend between 1990 and 2010. 4 , 5 In addition, substantial heterogeneities have been reported in the distribution of suicide rate and method of suicide across the provinces in Iran with suicide more prevalent in the western provinces. 6 , 7 For example, Kermanshah province, the most populated western pr

(2) Patients who undergo MVR in the current era have high-risk features including a significant prevalence of comorbid conditions (hypertension, diabetes, anaemia, atrial fibrillation, prior sternotomy, coronary artery disease, coagulopathy and chronic renal insufficiency), and the prevalence of these comorbidities increased overtime, suggesting an increasing trend to treated sicker patients.

One offspring participant showed an increasing trend toward choosing selfish over altruistic options (Am).

In patients admitted with ACS, an increasing trend was observed with increasing prevalence of risk factors (hypertension, diabetes, and hyperlipidemia) because the BMI increases across all the BMI categories.

Statistical analysis of the length and width of the foxtail and common millet seeds from six sites revealed an increasing trend from the early to the late period ( Fig 5 ).

Congenital malformations of the cardio- and neurovascular systems from the classification of the 298 diseases also showed an increasing trend in adult CHD, with a pattern similar to that demonstrated in our results (Supp.

Quantitatively, the p65 activity calculated from the average intensity value in inflamed NP cells was shown to have an increasing trend by potential contributing factors derived from macrophages and most of the detected activity was located in the nucleus at 45 and 60 min compared with naïve NP cells (Fig. 3B ).

However, we did notice an increasing trend in β-Catenin protein levels in the CRB1 rd8 mouse brain areas analyzed.

Results There was an increasing trend in detection rates of commensal protozoa and the Entamoeba histolytica/Entamoeba dispar complex at the beginning of the rainy season, with detection rates of 6% in 2014 and 21.6% in 2016.

There was an increasing trend in odds for having all the metabolic syndrome components except for high fasting blood sugar (FBS) and high WC in men.

As seen in Figure 1 , there was an increasing trend of the prevalence rate of AF as serum liver enzyme increased.

There is an increasing trend regarding Acanthamoeba keratitis (AK) in Iran ( 8 ).

These findings agree with a monitoring programme by the RBC Elbe that revealed an exceedance of the EQS (20 μg kg −1 in sediment and SPM, WFD) since 2012 with an increasing trend.

An increasing trend in specimen length can be identified as the procedures progressed.

For the PLQY of core/shell QDs, there is an increasing trend from CdS#1 (with 0.5 mL of injected Cd/S precursors) to CdS#6 QDs (maximal PLQY of ≈17%), and further growth of thicker shells leads to the decrease of PLQY from CdS#7 to CdS#9 QDs.

Meanwhile, metabolites in the ethanolamine/choline cycle were found to exhibit reduced abundance in B73 and Lo964 in response to drought stress treatments with the exception of choline which showed an increasing trend in both lines at 14 DAI (Figure 6 ).

Although it is known that the incidence of oral cancer increases with age, there is an increasing trend of incidence in young males.[ 14 ] A similar trend has also been observed in females who never consumed alcohol or tobacco.[ 6 ] A rise in oral cancer incidence among younger adults has been reported in Europe[ 15 , 16 ] and rest of the world.[ 17 ] This study is aimed to study the clinicopathological details about the demography, site predilection, tobacco-related habits/risk factors in younger SCC patients treated in coastal Karnataka region during a 17-year period.

These two home-based self-help packages are utilised by over 20,000 heart disease patients annually in the UK, and there is an increasing trend towards self-help approaches [ 23 – 25 ].

IL-21 also displayed an increasing trend in MCI patients compared with controls.

Moreover, there was an increasing trend in the volume maintenance (implant’s thickness) and myofiber formation with increasing cell density; however, there were no significant differences in the dimensional maintenance and myofiber formation between the cell densities of 30 × 10 6 and 50 × 10 6 cells/ml.

With the age increasing in men, an increasing trend is observed in the prevalence of overall past smokers who do not currently smoke (Fig. 2 ).

Although no significant difference was detected, there was an increasing trend in IL-17 concentration in the supernatants of the BMMSCs/T cell coculture system ( Figure 2(h) ).

These generally report an increasing trend, that is, China (2004–2014) ( Velayati et al., 2014 ), (2008–2012) ( Wu et al., 2014 ) and Taiwan (2002–2007) ( Tsai et al., 2011 ).

Nanosized Polymeric Materials as Drug Delivery Vehicles Recent decades have witnessed an increasing trend in the application of polymeric nanomaterials for cancer therapy [ 1 , 2 , 3 ].